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Apr 17 • 14 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X
Until yesterday, the Biden Administration's "Plan for Countering Domestic Terrorism" was classified.

Now, thanks to @DNIGabbard, it's public.

It's a roadmap for left-wing ideological warfare. đź§µ Image
In June 2021, the Biden admin released its public strategy for "countering domestic terrorism."

In a lawsuit, @America1stLegal discovered that there was a separate, classified version of that plan.

But the private version wasn't public—until now.
This was written in the early months of the Biden presidency. But it lays out, in detail, exactly what they would go on to do—and how they justified it.

By adopting the framework of "domestic terrorism" (DT), they could effectively treat their critics as enemies of the state.
What's remarkable about the document is that it's an explicitly ideological vision. Its scope extends far beyond criminal violence—it encompasses online speech, education, gun control, even election participation.

It's a strategy to suppress not just individuals, but IDEAS. Image
The plan lays out a four-pillar strategy:

1) Understand and Share DT-Related Information
2) Prevent DT Recruitment and Mobilization to Violence
3) Disrupt and Deter DT Activity
4) Confront Long-Term Contributors to DT

That's a lot of jargon. Here's what it actually means. Image
Pillar One is information-sharing—that's the "whole-of-government" strategy in practice. They wanted every arm of the government to be a partner in this.

Remember, when this document refers to "domestic terrorism" (DT), we know what they mean—because they publicly told us: Image
Pillar Two is preventing "recruitment" and "mobilization." In practice, this meant mobilizing the security state to censor and suppress right-wingers.

We know this, because it was detailed in the thousands of pages of documents we unearthed when I sued the Biden admin in 2021. Image
The plan lays out the roadmap for how the Biden administration would partner with powerful "third-party" actors—Big Tech, left-wing NGOs, anti-"hate" groups, etc—to implement this censorship regime.

I explained exactly how that system worked here:
Pillar Three is about transforming the mission of the security state to place a higher priority on prosecuting "domestic terrorism," and pushing for expanded power to pursue that agenda.

And that's what they did. In Biden's first year, the FBI more than doubled its DT caseload. Image
Once again, we know what "DT" meant, because we saw it in practice. Pro-life activists, parents, traditional Catholics, conservatives in the military—all were targets.

The plan goes so far as to discuss putting Americans with no ties to foreign terrorism on terror watchlists: Image
Pillar Four is just openly advocating for the entire federal government to become a vehicle for leftism. It calls for funding "civics education" to teach "action civics" (read: left-wing activism) and wielding law enforcement to "mitigate xenophobia and bias" in COVID policy. Image
Finally, as you can see above, it calls for a ban on "assault weapons and high-capacity magazines."

Once again, this was a preview of how they would operate—the Biden admin regularly used the specter of "domestic terror" as a pretext to push for crackdowns on gun rights. Image
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When it dropped in 2021, the public version of this "domestic terrorism" plan generated a huge backlash. It was the first time in U.S. history that a president had ever come out with a national plan to combat "domestic terrorism."

Even the hard-left ACLU came out against it. Image
But the private, internal one is worse. It's specific, direct, and doesn't hide behind vague, sweeping generalities.

When read in light of everything the Biden administration went on to do, their overarching goals are crystal clear.

We can never let this happen again. End đź§µ

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How is this not a scandal?

The president of Mexico is openly trying to help her fellow countrymen in America avoid our new remittance tax.

Ironically, this is precisely WHY we need to crack down on remittances.

My bill—the REMIT Act—will do just that. (1/7) Image
Mexico depends on U.S. remittances. That's why their president is trying to give Mexican nationals in the U.S. guidance on how to maximize the flow of U.S. dollars into Mexico.

Their economy is inextricably tied to this cash flow. Without our economy, theirs would crumble. (2/7)
This isn't the first time Claudia Sheinbaum has encouraged Mexican nationals in the U.S. to activate—as a political bloc—to lobby for Mexican interests.

In June, she called for them to "mobilize" against the remittance tax in the Big Beautiful Bill. (3/7)
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For too long, the Right played defense while the Left weaponized our legal system.

It's time to fight to win.

THE LAST LINE OF DEFENSE is the inside story of how we beat the Left in court before—and how we can do it again.

Available for preorder now. đź§µ
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Under Biden, the Left used the executive branch to build a powerful lawfare machine.

Trump won. But the Left's lawfare continues. Activist groups and far-left judges are wielding our courts like a political weapon, twisting the law to undermine the will of the American people.
As Attorney General of Missouri, I went on offense against Biden—and won

We blocked his vax mandates, forced him to enforce Remain in Mexico (for a while), killed his student loan bailout scheme, exposed his censorship regime, liberated a million people from forced masking…
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🚨HUGE victory today in the fight against the unaccountable Administrative State.

The Supreme Court just put an end to yet another lawless order by a single rogue district judge that prevented the Trump Administration from downsizing our bloated bureaucracy. đź§µ Image
This is a big win for the President's ability to direct the affairs of the executive branch. Personnel is policy. If the President can't remove bureaucrats, he isn't in charge.
The green lighting of this reduction in force is a necessary win for cutting fraud and abuse in our government.
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Jul 4
America is the greatest country in the world.

This a nation of settlers, explorers and pioneers. Our ancestors settled a frontier, built skyscrapers and split atoms, and planted our flag on the moon.

Missouri has been at the heart of it all — every step of the way. 🧵 Image
In 1799, an old man packed up his things and left Kentucky for the wild frontier.

His name was Daniel Boone. He was 65 years old.

Kentucky had gotten "too crowded," he said. "I want more elbow room."

So he headed west: to the Spanish-controlled territory of Missouri. Image
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Boone was an early American archetype: the restless explorer who pushed west because the existing frontier wasn’t wild enough for him.

Even before Missouri was officially America, it had begun to attract men like this—driven by a pioneering spirit that would shape our nation. Image
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🚨 The Supreme Court just delivered a HUGE win on birthright citizenship.

But it's even bigger than that. They also reaffirmed that rogue district judges can't issue nationwide injunctions to stop President Trump from carrying out his agenda.

This is a big, big deal. đź§µ Image
This case wasn’t just about just about birthright citizenship—it was about the proper role of the courts in our political system.

I called this after oral arguments took place for the case last month: "Trump could be on the cusp of a big win."
Earlier this month, I also led a hearing on how far-left district court judges weaponized nationwide injunctions to make policy for the entire nation.

This has been a key piece of the Left's war on Trump's presidency. SCOTUS just dealt them a major blow.
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The entire Democratic Party is lining up behind an anti-American open borders socialist who wants to tear down the country that welcomed him and his family.

Don't look away.

This is who they are. đź§µ Image
Zohran Mamdani just won the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City. He wants to:

• End cooperation with ICE
• End deportations of criminals
• Abolish prisons
• Defund the police
• Decriminalize all drugs
• Have taxpayer-funded sex changes for kids

...and much more.
Mamdani is an open left-wing revolutionary. Those are his words—not mine.

He's not just "liberal." He is a card-carrying member of the Democratic Socialists of America—and holds every insane leftist, socialist, Third Worldist position in the book. Image
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